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Newbie
5th July 2006, 12:05 AM
Please help me! I need to simplify the following:

2wxy
______
16wxy

(this line __ means over)

Thank you!

JamesD
5th July 2006, 12:20 AM
Hi Newbie, cancel 2 and 16 by 2

2wxy / 16wxy = wxy / 8wxy

divide top and bottom by w

= wxy / 8xy

divide top and bottom by x

= wy / 8xy

divide top and bottom by y

= wy/ 8x

Newbie
5th July 2006, 02:25 PM
Thank you SO MUCH JamesD!!!!

That was also quick (double thanx!) ^_^